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HMS Kingfisher 1770 by Remco - 1/48 - English 14 Gun Sloop - POF


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Hello, Remco.  Lovely work as always.  Although I routinely use bamboo for treenails, I agree that the apperance is not always the best as your demo piece shows.  Ease of drawing to small sizes is the main attraction I guess.  I have used genuine box, but for some reason have not tried castelo.  What size are you drawing the castelo to?   I may be ready to convert - at least for the open areas.

 

Ed

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Years ago at Manitowoc I saw a mid section of the Victory. From a distance you did not see it but up close you could see that it was tree nailed. The modeler had used the bristles from a brush that were a clear plastic or nylon.

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Superb work Remco, I love it. :dancetl6:

 

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Just plain lovely Remco.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

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Thanks all for the kind comments.

 

Alan,I use a pin vise to drill the holes, my dremel is much to aggressive for this type of drilling and the smaller drills do not fit in my other micro motor. Next to that I feel much more comfortable to do this precise work by hand, a powertool will not give the feedback a pin vice does.

 

Ed, Mark, I draw the castello up to the .018 hole, getting at the smaller sizes you really need to be careful not to break the wood. I use 24" strips to get a better yield from the work involved drawing one strip.

 

I also made a minor improvement to my Ed's style clamps as the treaded holes started to wear out pretty quickly in my case. I added square holes and inserted little nuts for strength.

 

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Gaetan, at the slowest setting my dremel (cordless type) still turns very fast, and even with the flexible cord I find it to bulky to operate near my model. My other micromotor has no 3 jaw chuck.

 

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A long overdue update....... I was too busy making decals and flags ;)

 

I planked the port side from the Sheer strake up, this is all the planking I will do on this side except some minor parts I need for the rigging. Next up tree nailing the lot.... 

 

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Also made new brass knobs on the clamps, as it turned out the wooden ones didn't hold up after I reenforced the bars with nuts.

 

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Yep, I know, it's my fault Remco and I am very sorry  ;)  KIDDING!!!

 

Glad you could spend some time in the shipyard and the planking looks superb, at least from here.  I'll just have to determine that when I can see your KF in real life.  I'll bring my inspector's magnifying glass with me  ;)

 

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Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

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Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

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                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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Alan, Cog, I turned the fittings on my lathe, added knurls to finish them off and soldered them to the bars.

 

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Cabrapente, thats I nice little tool, I prefer to drill all holes manually as this gives far greater control and precision.

 

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Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. 

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I truly admire the cleanness of your work - it´s so precise! A masterpiece, for sure.

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Thanks Joe, Vivian & Mark. Indeed I used the knurling attachment from Shereline, it gives a good grip and a adds a nice touch.

 

Port side treenailed

 

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And draught marks added, they won't be painted red as they should as this might be to distracting. They are just 3 mm, 1/8" high

 

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Clean, and crisp draught marks Remco.

 

P.s. How on earth did you take that picture whilst drilling with two hands?!?!?!?

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The draught marks are a new one for me Remco. Beautiful precision carving. I assume this was done with an Exacto blade.

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Those draught marks are a lovely touch Remco, and so exquisitely precise!

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Thanks all.

 

Cog, I used a tripod and the timer to take that picture.

Dave, the carving was done with small chisels of different sizes.

 

Druxey, I was planning to tonight but ran into a problem. While marking their position I saw the stern post has the same with as the largest XIV and XIII marking. So adding them here will look odd. In the picture they are roughly penciled in but the final markings will take the full with of the stern post. I'd better leave them off

 

 

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Treat each part as if it is a model on its own, you will finish more models in a day than others do in a lifetime. 

Current build HMS Kingfisher

 

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Wow Remco, nice work on the markings carving.  What a shame that you can't add them to the stern post.

 

Cheers,

Piet, The Flying Dutchman.

 

"Your greatest asset is not the quantity of your friends , rather the quality of your friends."  (old Chinese proverb)

 

Current Builds: Hr. Ms. Java 1925-1942

                       VOC Ship Surabaya

 

Planned Builds: Young America Diorama - scale 1:3000

 

Future Builds: KPM ship "MS Musi."  Zuiderzee Botter - scale 1:25. VOC Jacht in a 6" lamp,  Buginese fishing Prauw.  Hr. Ms. Java - Royal Navy Netherlands Cruiser.

 

Completed Builds:   Hr. Ms. O16 Submarine

                             Hr. Ms. O19 - Submarine Royal Navy Netherlands

                             Ship Yard Diorama with Topsail schooner -

                             Friendship Sloop Gwenfra

                           Muscongus Bay Lobster Smack    

                             Golden Hind - Cutte Sark (both not in this forum)

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I think the widest marks were placed with the letters tight against each other, as the example from the NMM. These were from the wreck of the Royal George, sunk in 1782.

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